ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 08 Dec. - (ANA) - The Anna Lindh Foundation has announced the launch of the 3rd edition of its “Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Intercultural Dialogue”, which will take place in Valetta on 24-25 October 2016, on the eve of the Maltese Presidency of the European Council.
 
Next year’s forum will represent the largest single gathering of civil society and institutions working for intercultural dialogue across the Mediterranean. Building on the first editions in Barcelona (2010) and Marseille (2013), the Forum aims to reinforce civil society’s central role in facing common challenges impacting the Mediterranean region.
 
The programme for the Forum will be underpinned by three central objectives: create a space for partnership-building among Euro-Med civil society and youth leaders to develop concrete projects in facing the region’s challenges; develop policy recommendations for regional cooperation and inputs for the Maltese EU Presidency; and raise the visibility of the centrality of intercultural dialogue and flagship dialogue initiatives.
 
The Anna Lindh Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue promotes knowledge, mutual respect and inter-cultural dialogue between the people of the Euro-Mediterranean region, working through a network of more than 3,000 civil society organisations in 43 countries. Its budget is co-funded by the EU (€10 million) and the EU member states (€6 million). - (ANA) -

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